Eleanor Veness

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A portrait of friends: Ralph and Grace. Thankfully they like it enough to carry it everywhere they go. A belated/early leaving present. Painted in gauche. I brought out the similarities in their colouring and curly hair. - - #art #portrait #friends #
The birthing of the Minotaur: A labyrinth. - - #art #mythology #minotaur #labyrinth #sketchbook #drawing #graphite #colouredpencil #guache #ink #collage
Drawing the giant, the myth of Albany. More output from the RDS drawing mythology course. - - #art #rds #mythology #myth #albany #giant #collage #mixedmedia #greatbritain #pencildrawing #colouredpencil #graphite
The myth of Albany, illustrated. The foundation story with which Britain was established. 👑 - - #art #myth #mythology #rds #albany #uk #britain #ancient #collage #mixedmedia #graphite #pencil #drawing #colouredpencil
More mythology drawing course output: The rainbow spiral staircase with which to enter another dimension. 🌈 - - #art #rainbow #spiral #staircase #oilpastel #ink #blackink #mythology #drawing #rds
I’ve started a course in drawing mythology through the Royal Drawing School. This was my first drawing for it, imagining gateways and portals. I used inspiration from fantasy films I loved as a child, including Labryrinth and The Last Unicorn.
Aurora Sky: The final assembled piece, picturing the opening scene of a recently completed script. The final piece in the accompanying imagery to the story. Featuring Noor, the protagonist. Script reads: ✍ïļ “Noor, 32, a sinewy woman of Arab her
Aurora Sky piece, layer three: The main character, Noor, the female embodiment of Orpheus. 🎭 - - #art #screenplay #script #Orpheus #Orpheusmyth #character #characterdesign #maincharacter #Noor #portrait #protagonist #story #sketchbook #graphite #pen
Aurora Sky piece, second layer. Part of a larger set which concludes the series in accompaniment to my latest script. This part reads: ðŸŠĶ “Underneath the sky: A graveyard, packed with graves, old and new, of all shapes and sizes. A chilling Nov
Background piece to ‘Aurora Sky’: the constellation of Centaurus. This is the first layer of a larger artwork which will conclude my artwork series in companion to a recently finished script. The opening reads: “In a vivid blue bla
Following a hectic January, I was compelled to think about Janus, the two-faced Roman God, looking out toward past and future. I drew myself in profile and in flip reverse in oil pastel and graphite. 🖍ïļ This year so far I have been diving within m
The Cerberus Arms: A gateway to the pub-like mouth to the Underworld in my latest script, overshadowed by a three-headed, multi-breed of dog. ðŸķ “A glowing light emanates from the statue, become animate. The three dogs: An Airedale Terrier, a
A sketch for the Underworld Imagery: Two. ðŸŠ―ðŸŽĻ - - #art #underworld #script #mixedmedia #sketch #sketchbook #orpheus #orpheusmyth #lyre #exit #pencildrawing #charcoal #oilpastel
Underworld Artwork: 1. The Entrance 🊜 The first of the visual representation pieces from the Orpheus myth-style Underworld in my latest script. ✍ïļ “Noor steps, cautiously, down a treacherous spiral staircase, her qanun strapped to her back. Do
I have recently completed and submitted a TV drama script: a modern-day adaptation of the Orpheus myth. My protagonist, a female Orpheus, ventures into her “Underworld”, wading through a menagerie of visions and creatures. I intend to dev
My creativity has been intermittent lately. In the past month, I went on honeymoon for three weeks and came back to a strange emotional tidal wave (put in motion by jet lag and getting my booster vaccine). All this has been a catalyst for a new kerne
I needed seriously to unblock, and this is the only way I know how. I enjoy the rawness of drawing in oil pastel, for me it’s as though the oil is connecting to the heart. These drawings are abstract expressionist, revealing themselves spontane
Pixel, drawn with ink, charcoal and chalk. The ink ran but I continued anyway. - - #art #cat #Pixel #pet #petportrait #catportrait #ink #charcoal #chalk #lounge
My best friend in the world’s daughter turned one recently, so in celebration of gorgeous little Matilda turning the most important number (because everything else comes after), I made a portrait of her in ink and oil pastel on wood panel. I pi